Mr. Locke’s Classroom

I’ve already posted about one of my favorite new websites, 43things. Today I ran across another “thing” (i.e. goal) that someone else had written, and I added it to my own list: Make my dad proud of me. When my dad passed away in 1998, I spoke (at the memorial service) of how my brothers, [...]

Two of my favorite things came together on the web today: The Emerging Church movement and Presbyterianism. Or, as the website/blog is aptly called, Presbymergent. I hope it develops into a resource for those of us with one foot (happily) in each world. Now, if only someone could come up with a way to add [...]

This Saturday, we received a long-anticipated letter in the mail. I’ve been accepted into the M.Div program at Princeton Seminary. Princeton is one of the oldest and most prestigious seminaries in the nation, has a great academic reputation, and (we were surprised at this one) a very family-friendly environment. It’s also the only one of [...]

Thanks to Annie for pointing this out to me. Joho the Blog says: The Sunlight-Berkman confab on providing more access to more information about politics and government was terrific. And then: Most of the attendees are progressives, although some are non-partisan. But even the people behind the non-partisan services tend to be left-leaning. Yet what [...]

This is way better than a New Year’s Resolution — it’s a year-long, life-long tool. 43 Things is a website where you can Discover & Decide things you REALLY want to do in this life Find other people who want to do similar things Share your goals with the world (how’s that for accountability? Keep [...]

When Grady wakes up earlier than we’d like, we sometimes bring him back to our room to sleep with us for awhile. Of course, he’s never once gone back to sleep, so we generally take turns reading books to him while one of us sleeps. This lasts for three or four books, at which point [...]

In the car on the way home from church, as my wife is listening to Car Talk on National Public Radio… Grady: Mommy…is that N-P-R? Amy: Yes, Grady. Grady: NPR is Daddy’s college. Amy: No, Daddy’s college is O-R-U. Grady: No. It’s not. Amy: No? Where did Daddy go to college, then? [long pause] Grady: [...]